Susan Garry is no stranger to hard work. The Texas teen and martial arts enthusiast understands that practice yields progress—both on and off the mat.

A National Merit Scholarship recipient and incoming first-year student at Cornell University, Susan attributes her SAT success to practicing with Official SAT Practice on Khan Academy both at home and in the classroom.

For the fourth year, the College Board held its annual #Collegiance contest, which encouraged students to celebrate their college decision with a creative Instagram post. Students who pledged their collegiance to their future college with a fun photo, Boomerang, or video were considered for a chance to win money for college.

More than 140 students and teachers from 16 school districts across North Carolina gathered at the State Capitol in Raleigh on May 30 to thank legislators for supporting the North Carolina Advanced Placement Partnership (NCAPP) and to advocate for inclusion of AP in the state’s accountability system.

Now more Arkansas students will be able to earn college credits for their hard work in AP, saving them time and money. The Arkansas Department Higher Education Coordinating Board recently approved an Advanced Placement (AP) credit policy that establishes a set of guidelines for the state’s public colleges and universities to award course credit for AP Exam scores of 3 or higher.

On May 23, the College Board formally launched the India Global Higher Education Alliance in India at the inaugural Symposium in New Delhi. This event brought together founding Alliance member universities from India, founding affiliate member universities from around the world, and secondary schools in India to have important discussions about how to ensure access, inclusion and excellence in the transition to higher education in India.